The Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock was born on 13 August 1899 in Leytonstone, London. He was educated at the Jesuit Classic school St Ignatius’ College, Stamford Hill, London and London County Council School of Engineering, Poplar, London. After graduating he became a draftsman and advertising designer for a cable company. He became interested in photography and began working as a title-card designer for the London branch of Paramount Pictures. In 1920, he landed a full-time position at Islington Studios designing the titles for silent movies. He co-wrote and worked on the film Die Prinzessin und der Geiger (1924) with Graham Cutts which was shot in Berlin. While there, he had the chance to watch F.W. Murnau who was shooting Der Ietzte Mann (1924), Hitchcock was influenced by Murnau’s set design in his later productions. In 1925, Michael Balcon of Gainsborough Pictures